bishopric
Collocations
3ADJ.
royal
VERB + BISHOPRIC
appointed
BISHOPRIC + NOUN
-, lindesmeere
Definitions
noun
A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
Iohn Fiſher Biſhop of Rocheſter, when the King [Henry VII of England] would have tranſlated him from that poore Biſhopricke to a better, he refuſed, saying: He would not forſake his poore little olde wife, with whom he had ſo long lived.
The office or function of a bishop.
Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy
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Synonyms
noun — the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
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3Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
WiktionaryIohn Fiſher Biſhop of Rocheſter, when the King [Henry VII of England] would have tranſlated him from that poore Biſhopricke to a better, he refuſed, saying: He would not forſake his poore little olde
WiktionaryWiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.
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